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مَرْعَبَةٌ

Root: رعب

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مَرْعَبَةٌ A frightful قَفْرَة [or desert destitute of herbage and of water]. (K. [In the CK and TA, قَفْزَة is erroneously put for قَفْرَة.])
2 Also A person's springing, or leaping, [towards another,] and seating himself by the other's side, so as to cause the latter, not being aware, to be frightened.
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